Originally published: London : Little, Brown, c2001

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Introduction -- [1923-1958] "I did not like nuns, to put it mildly. Their whole secretive way of life revolted me." -- "There came a point when I just couldn't resist any longer." -- [1958-1969] "It could not have had a worse start. Staff were chosen by the chairman at random." -- "I was petrified of this tall, elegant nun in the butterfly headdress." -- "Shoulders back. Heads up. Be proud of hyour school." -- "She had a holy impatience with the Church." -- [1969-1988. THE TROUBLES.] "You were walking a tightrope between the paramilitaries and the army." -- "Would you please pray for a first year's daddy who was shot dead lant night?" -- "I realize hyour frustration but please don 't get involved." -- [1969-1988. THE LARGEST GIRLS' SCHOOL IN WESTERN EUROPE.] "I told Canon Murphy that if he went along with the idea I was leaving." -- "Ultimately the principal must remain in control." -- "She loves those smart girls; he doesn't have nay time for the ordinary ones." -- "We don't believe Christ endorsed a segregated system at eleven plus." -- [1988-1994] "I shall go on trying to be the voice of the voiceless." -- Epilogue -- Index

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